Pride and Pleasure

The battle of Salamanca cost him his arm and his pride. Now Captain Linus Staples returns to Ireland to face life as a cripple. He believes his injuries have forever ruined his chance of love, until a stolen kiss makes him wonder.

His mystery lady is Jane, Lady Forbes, a young widow whose talent for estate management is matched by her ability to repel unwanted suitors. She dreams of a man who can awaken her love and give her pleasure, but her only beau is her late husband’s foppish cousin Arthur. Jane has found the man she wants, but Linus believes he has nothing to offer. No matter how much he desires Jane, discovering that she is a wealthy widow means he can’t in honor pursue her.

But the abduction of Jane by the Whiteboy rebels unleashes the warrior within. A Blush(r) historical romance from Ellora’s Cave